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75 years after independence, 40% Pakistanis live below poverty line
1 year, 3 months ago

75 years after independence, 40% Pakistanis live below poverty line

Live Mint  

As Pakistan grapples with an ongoing economic crisis, the World Bank has issued a stark warning: the country's current economic model is no longer effective in reducing poverty. Najy Banhassine, the World Bank’s Country Director for Pakistan, pointed out that the nation's policy decisions are heavily swayed by a coalition of strong vested interests. “It is also facing a ‘silent’ …

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Pakistan’s People Are Fleeing Not Only Economic Crisis But Extremism
1 year, 6 months ago

Pakistan’s People Are Fleeing Not Only Economic Crisis But Extremism

The Diplomat  

Young Pakistanis are increasingly inclined to leave their country in the quest for better lives abroad. Rapid population growth in the face of Pakistan’s many economic woes means that there will always be more people moving abroad. How Bright Young People Lost Hope For a very long time, those in policy corridors thought that the Pakistani diaspora was a great …

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Pakistanis reeling under skyrocketing inflation as cash-strapped government struggles to stabilise economy
1 year, 8 months ago

Pakistanis reeling under skyrocketing inflation as cash-strapped government struggles to stabilise economy

The Hindu  

Nazim Malik pulled out his children from a private English-medium school and enrolled them in a government-run Urdu school because he can no longer afford their fees amid the spiralling inflation that has made life miserable for most Pakistanis who are now worried about two meals a day for their families. Cash-strapped Pakistan's economy has been in a free fall …

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Imran Khan Q&A: ‘Pakistan civil-military imbalance has to change’
1 year, 8 months ago

Imran Khan Q&A: ‘Pakistan civil-military imbalance has to change’

Al Jazeera  

Lahore, Pakistan – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has won a major political victory after the country’s Supreme Court ordered the government to hold snap polls in the politically crucial Punjab province on May 14. In an interview with Al Jazeera at his Zaman Park home in Punjab’s capital, Lahore, Khan discusses his plans in an election year as …

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As Ramzan starts, Pakistanis struggle with high prices amid financial crisis
1 year, 9 months ago

As Ramzan starts, Pakistanis struggle with high prices amid financial crisis

Op India  

As the Islamic holy month of Ramzan has started today, people in Pakistan are facing and feeling the pinch of inflation with food bills skyrocketing owing to one of the worst economic crises. In different regions of the nation, the price of a 20 kg flour bag has increased to Rs 1,295-3,100 from Rs 800-1,500 during the previous Ramzan. The …

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Economic crisis forcing many Pakistanis to end their lives
1 year, 9 months ago

Economic crisis forcing many Pakistanis to end their lives

Live Mint  

A resident of Surjani town in crisis-hit Pakistan, the sole earner of the family who was living in a rented house with his 35-year-old wife and two infant daughters, was struggling with inflation and unemployment. Police informed that the man along with three family members attempted suicide by consuming a poisonous substance allegedly due to increasing inflation. Last month, a …

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Pakistan Economic Crisis: Rising poverty, gun culture drive Pakistanis to violent crimes
1 year, 9 months ago

Pakistan Economic Crisis: Rising poverty, gun culture drive Pakistanis to violent crimes

Firstpost  

Islamabad: With the Pakistan economy in free fall, the shortage of basic items such as food, medicine and fuel and the subsequent high inflation has led to extreme hardships for a large section of the Pakistani population. The extreme shortage of necessary items due to the Pakistan economic crisis and the easy availability of sophisticated weapons has led to a …

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People chase wheat flour truck in Pakistan as food crisis deepens | Video
1 year, 11 months ago

People chase wheat flour truck in Pakistan as food crisis deepens | Video

India Today  

Amid the deepening food crisis in Pakistan, people were recently seen chasing a wheat truck on foot and on bikes, risking their lives to get a bag of wheat. Sharing the video on Twitter, Professor Sajjad Raja, chairman of National Equality Party Jammu Kashmir Gilgit Baltistan and Ladakh, wrote, "This is not a motorcycle rally, but people in Pakistan are …

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Pakistan Floods: Death Toll Reaches 937, Minister Pleads to Pakistanis Abroad to Donate Generously
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan Floods: Death Toll Reaches 937, Minister Pleads to Pakistanis Abroad to Donate Generously

News 18  

Floods in Pakistan caused by the incessant monsoon rains have caused more than 937 deaths, including 343 children and has left 30 million citizens homeless with no access to clean water and sanitation. The country is expected to launch an appeal for international help to cope with the floods pic.twitter.com/z17jnHnd49 — AFP News Agency August 26, 2022 Balochistan Province also …

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Mohan Guruswamy | Nuclear bombast: Is there a method in the madness?
2 years, 8 months ago

Mohan Guruswamy | Nuclear bombast: Is there a method in the madness?

Deccan Chronicle  

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently sent the Western alliance into a tizzy by announcing that Russia had put its nuclear forces on alert. These defences are meant to largely neutralise an incoming nuclear assault, leaving enough Russian “first strike” nuclear forces of land-based and highly accurate nuclear missiles standing to be able launch a devastating counter-strike. Even though there is …

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Pakistanis want Imran Khan to nuke France for calling out radical Islam
4 years, 1 month ago

Pakistanis want Imran Khan to nuke France for calling out radical Islam

Op India  

Parody country Pakistan is at it again. This time, Pakistan-based bots including its citizens now want their country led by Imran Khan, to ‘Do Atomic Attack’ on France. This is a time when Pres Macron could have put healing touch & denied space to extremists rather than creating further polarisation & marginalisation that inevitably leads to radicalisation — Imran Khan …

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